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Cassette Hypnosis Exploits The Unconscious
- Lloyd Glouber used binaural storytelling on cassette to bypass conscious filtering and deliver suggestions to listeners.
- The tapes paired different words in each ear so the unconscious assembled positive commands from the gaps.
Cassettes Created A New Intimate Medium
- The cassette tape created a new, intimate medium that fueled self-help, instruction, and niche learning.
- Its portability and personalized audio transformed how people practiced habits and absorbed guidance.
Dinka 'Ping' Singers As Living Archives
- Jacques Meju described Dinka 'ping' singers who memorized two-hour life-songs that recorded family history.
- These human recorders preserved community memory orally before widespread literacy and technology.